Comments on: Seattle: Ivar’s Chowder in Sourdough Bread Bowl

By: etranger

etranger — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:48:08 +0000

We go to Ivar’s Salmon House all the time, and the food is fine. Maybe you caught a bad day. We usually get the tanker of chowder plus extra cups, so we all get a bowl. It is cheaper that way. I like the scallops and the clam strips.

Inside the restaurant, they have some pretty good salmon and a lot of great Native Peoples artifacts, which you can go see whether or not you eat inside.

We usually get food from the outdoor stand and eat on the barge on Lake Union. One of the best views in Seattle, and we have never had rubber fish. Better luck next time.

By: Fish Lovr

Fish Lovr — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:44:38 +0000

This doesn’t surprise me about Ivar’s. Not too very long ago, I told my spouse; “hey, while we’re waiting for our ferry to load, why don’t we walk over and nab some fish and chips..” (very sad words of the evening, I am afraid to say!)

the Halibut tasted like deep fried RUBBER. I’ve never eaten deep fried RUBBER, but if I wanted to torture someone at GITMO and make them think I was feeding them DEEP FRIED RUBBER, I’d fly in some IVARS FISH N CHIPS to do that with!

not much of what we got except the ‘chips’ were palatable, and even those were mildly soggy not crisp.

huge THUMBS DOWN for Ivar’s.

By: Ron C.

Ron C. — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:58:01 +0000

I remember going to Ivar’s (on the Seattle waterfront) a number of years ago and being quite disappointed.

By: Erick

Erick — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:36:45 +0000

It’s too bad you had a bad bread bowl. How was the chowder, though? We always buy the Ivar chowder from our Costco. It’s really nice tasting with chunks of clam. I still think the best clam chowder I had was from Legal Seafoods in Boston. I even brought back some with me for my wife (BIG Clam chowder fan) and she still raves about it!